Town Hall Meeting address several concerns, future projects

Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 18, 2009

A resident speaks with the developers responsible for the widening of Northpark drive from West Lake Houston Parkway to Mills Branch Road at the Town Hall meeting April 16.

A resident speaks with the developers responsible for the widening of Northpark drive from West Lake Houston Parkway to Mills Branch Road at the Town Hall meeting April 16.

Town Hall Meeting address several concerns, future projects

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To discuss future improvements and projects for the Kingwood area, City of Houston Council Member Mike Sullivan hosted a Town Hall meeting for the community April 16th.

The continuing expansion of Northpark drive from West Lake Houston Parkway to Mills Branch was the first topic of the night as the construction company responsible for the process were on hand to display their schematic drawings for the road.

“This is a much needed project and while we are working with expansion, we will also be working with light signalization with our traffic lights and pedestrian crossings,” Sullivan said.

The widening of Northpark is still in the design phase and consists of two lanes added to Northpark to help with traffic problems and allow traffic to move through the area more easily.

Several residents spoke to Sullivan and addressed the crowd about their concerns with the traffic lights in the community and signalization.

City of Houston Public Works and Engineering will be working to improve several intersections and allow traffic to flow more easily which includes the widening of left turn lanes at the intersection of Northpark Drive and Woodland Hills and Kingwood Drive at Green Oak Drive.

Construction is set to start on these two projects in 2010.

Another big project for the Kingwood area is the new library which is set to be completed December 2009 and the plans for the building where the library is currently located.

“We have been working with the community association and purchased the land from them so we could have adequate parking at the community center,” Sullivan said.

“We have also looked at the building where the library is and decided we did not want to renovate a 25 year old building, instead we will tear it down and build a new building to serve the community.”

The community center will be a place for special meetings and get togethers in the community.

In other business, Sullivan reported that the Houston Police Department has added three new officers to the community and will be repairing concrete on several areas in the community.

Sullivan will also be working with the community and the City to get rid off abandoned property in Forest Cove and two homes in the Kings Lake Estates.